New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-25
REPORT OF THE PHOENIX MINE.
NETWORK, APRIL 81. 1887.
LOCATION.


Phoenix
Immediate country broken and mountainous Superficial
extent Of claims Phnx 4l6 feet long 672 feet wide TO
the north and 52s wide to the south; "wcst Side
40 feet long by 600 wide "Phenx" mill SITE 375 feet
by 600 feet Side" mill site 42o feet by 525 feet
General elevation Of the claims Phenlr about LOIS
feet Timber plenty available at moderate cost mainly Pao
Verde. iron wood and mesquite supply Cave Creek
said to furnish sufficient water 80 100 stamp mill dur
ing year. Surface OF claims much efoxen ana
covered with float" from Marion Peak.
General excellent for working and bonsaoaton OF
ores. disposal Of taiings &C.
GEOLOGY
Porphyry and quartztc prevail but outrops Of tai
schst are plainly dscornbo both the north and south
ends OF tho property especially the latter Overlapping inc
porphyry depresons OF the Same on tho lower
slope of Marion Peak Cave Creek there Is large 90
post of containing variety OF ooaders
and float
General strike tho country rock. northeast and south
west save end OF the property where the
strata Of talcose and west General dip
the country rock westnorthwest
VEINS
The surface outcrops are strong with tho
developments this property Of two
and possibly four veins. These are:
Ist-" Black ven." shown in Cut No. z.
2d-"Upper vein' shown IN shafts b and &c" and
open workings on outcrop
3D." Middle veln." on which Shaft "A D." Is sunk
4th-"Lower Yein" shown In Cut No. z, north END Oh
property and shipman tnnnel.
General strike northeast southwest General dip variable
to west northwest
The vein matter is quartz and quartzc material more or
ad
or posed gold free evidences OF sulphur
cts being detected float rock found on the
surface The Upper Vein differs from the Others mas
much as presents clearly defined walls and the vein
matter seems to regular structure and solid Leai
mineral In the Upper Nen Ia the richer
and yellow portion OF The general Oh tno
vein matt,r indicates movement after nins.
DEVELOPMENTS. plumbers refer to Surveyors Map)
No1-"wason cut on hill northeast OF rhenix claim.
No2-" Maynard tunnel on limo between claims shows
20 feet OF
No a- Bancroft" in west side claim noar line Of
Phoenix"
No4. "Llne" cut Slightly northeast Of sh,pnan tun
mel
Nos "shpman" tunnel. In about Gao fcot Total or
nosre OF ore about Portion sampled AZ feet in o.
tent across the vein starting from near west wall
No. g. Old workings Upper Tunnel" and SHAFT "A ana
3D." Total exposure OF ore neary 100 feet
No T. Cut southeast slope OF hill. shows So to fecs
vein.
D. IL,
No shaft aud workings vein t. in TO f. in
No TO- Jones shaft" Sand to be lSO feet deep partly
filed with water; dump showed porphyry only.
No H. "AH Shaft" Down about % feet; rock and ore
more or less broken.
No 70 . Iovsr b." Below level OF upper tunnel
Down about 50 porphyry. Drift into the wes' &c
strike the vein Little mberngaas been for nd neces
sary In any OF the workings
SAMPLES AND ASSAYS
but shall only the most Important averages
These are: 4
A. Cut No 2 ore 20 feet. Value 96l
n shipman tunnel 43 feet ......Vaue IL ~
c. Upper tunnel Workings. general ayerase.NMae o0o
d. Line cut No. g. orc 20 feet iW
T. shafts and and drifts. general average.--. 4W
T. Cut No. T. orc 5a TO zH
Picked samples yellow streak Shaft assayei much
higher than the average across the face OF drifts
LABOR, COST OF MINING. MILLING &C.
Wages from So to 81 SO per day with board The cost 81
mining and milling can. think be taken at about So 30
so 90 per ton facilities such that with sys
tematic work this estimate may be reduced.
CONCLUSIONS. ORE AVAILABLE FOR MILLING. &C.
bs sxtept OF the developments such that the technical
term ore in sight" applicable although we can pre-
anna that the shown In the Upper and SNIP
man tunnels and in shafts &C. and b VIII present avail
able stopping ground between these points
Further the OF In cuts Nos and - tsee
map that the veins continue In length
Generally estimating only above the level OF the
shipman tunnel and taking the value ~ shown by me
large average pie this tunnel would seem sao 70
consider the ore available stopping at value OF sooa.
goa 900 between and IN tho Shipman" and Upper
workings - ..s
Adding TO this probable available ground 70 ne north
and no.sblv 20 the south tho vein holds In value As
a. aovn ~ IL evident large amount Of ore Gao
% ..,n,s on for long time for milling purposes.
ucent In my opinion warrant tho immediate erection
a, say sxty stamp min. This mill can easily 10 Gu
,argsd from time 10 the development OF the prop
sry and deeper working of the veins warrant the same
with the facilities handling ore estimate the totai
.xnsuse Of mining and milling will BE- 81 % Der ton
and that you can 70 two and half tons Oh ore
per stamp per DAY four hours Allowing ior oss
IN handling and on Of three hundred working days
per YEAR and s2 per in the ore the net yec Should
he TO ssoO0O0 per according 70 the anoun
OF stamped
From the general indications believe fair to assume
that the veins viii In depth, but their extent ana
value can only be determined by further and deeper develop
ment work x,..,,-,,vxour.
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| Colonel e. q JEMIsoN.
| President Phoenix Aininsc&